I have this little band of characters I don’t know what to do with. I found them one October in the run-up to NaNoWriMo. I decided to draw some tarot cards and base the characters on the cards, and wound … Continue reading »The Gang of Five
I confess to being a tad self-indulgent with the new name of my blog. I have, in the past, wondered if just calling the blog “Sophie Alice Acton” is a bit, I don’t know, too much? The url can stay, … Continue reading »Torschlusspanik?
“The Dark Bookcase.” Such a good title for some mystery or ghost story! Can’t you picture something tall in old, dark wood, maybe hiding a secret passageway, maybe haunted by a ghost in some old manor house? I am overcome, my … Continue reading »“The Dark Bookcase”
I’ve been finding it hard to write lately. Hard to start new poems or short stories, hard to put my faith in ideas. Hard to churn out a meagre 350 words a day on a new novel I’ve started. I … Continue reading »Small Pieces, Small Progress
I missed updating last week, though I’m sure you’ll forgive me. I’ve been participating in National Novel Writing Month, which hasn’t been “national” since about 2001 but the name is catchier this way. It is now Week Two, and NaNoWriMo … Continue reading »
If you’re a follower of my noteboook porn tumblr, Fuck Yeah Notebooks, you’ll know that recently I’ve been discovered Notebook Youtube. Against my better judgement, I’ve been drawn into the world of Planning. I swear to you I’ve resisted. I … Continue reading »The Problem with Planners
One thing I love about art – and one thing that I, admittedly, have some difficulty with in my medium of choice, i.e. writing – is experimentation. One of the most liberating aspects of art is the ability to make … Continue reading »Lomography and Artistic Messes
It’s a special sort of torment, waiting to hear from a publication. I am being optimistic. The thing is, I know my work is good. That is, all the work that I consider for submission is good. So every rejection … Continue reading »We should have sashes
You splurge out all your energy onto the page, in maybe 20 minutes or so. Just, bam, out there, everything in one poem draft, and you find yourself exhausted but you still stay with it, tweaking, copying it down into … Continue reading »Drafts